1. The form used for any prescription which is issued or intended to be filled in this state must contain a line for the signature of the practitioner.
2. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions contained in the orders of a physician, or of an advanced practice registered nurse who is a practitioner, in a facility for skilled nursing or facility for intermediate care.
3. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions for drugs ordered on a patient’s chart in a hospital if the hospital’s medical staff has approved a formulary for specific generic substitutions.
4. Substitutions may be made in filling prescriptions for biological products ordered on a patient’s chart in a hospital if the hospital’s medical staff has approved a formulary for specific interchangeable biological products.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1348; A 1981, 393; 1983, 1511; 1985, 1769, 2005; 1991, 793; 2003, 1215; 2013, 2079; 2017, 636)